Diversity Beyond Harmony Week- from Greg McKenna, CEO

Harmony Week is the celebration that recognises our diversity and brings together people from all different backgrounds. It’s something we deeply value at Police Bank, but we still have more to do.

Harmony Week celebrates our diversity and encourages people from all different backgrounds to come together. It’s about inclusiveness, respect, and a sense of belonging for everyone.​

The culture of the bank has been a big focus for the past three years and I was tasked with transforming our work environment into one where people are welcomed and empowered to contribute.

This extends to building in measures that ensure staff from any and every background feel supported in observing their own culture while an employee at Police Bank and beyond.

It is about more than just an increasingly large variety of accents and dialects across the office. It is about being a place of work where people can be their authentic selves, and are encouraged to share their culture, experiences and more with their teams and leaders.

We’re proud to have such diversity in the team bringing their rich experience, expertise, and perspective to the bank with staff from Nepal, China, Sri Lanka, Ireland, New Zealand, USA, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, South Africa, Serbia, Bangladesh, Macedonia, Fiji, Dubai, Sri Lanka, Britain, of course our First Nations and more.

We are nothing without our people, and we can only hope to grow in the direction we want as Australia’s most recommended community bank if we have diversity built into the core of our operations.

As part of this mission, Police Bank offers additional Cultural Observance Leave to all staff to support them in their cultural and religious practices.

All Police Bank employees are entitled to apply for five days’ non-cumulative leave each year that can be utilised for following and observing cultural, spiritual, or religious beliefs, customs, practices, and ceremonies.

Changing culture takes time, and we are committed to doing so. Part of what we know needs to happen next is ensuring this diversity is represented in our leadership and governance positions, including on our board.

The road to the Police Bank future is long, and we will remain committed to ensuring our culture, teams, individuals, and members are considered at every step of the way.